Nation, reverend al sharpton. Good to have you onboard. Heres the deal, everybody. Wait a second. Willie, did i miss anything . I just got here. Lets get you miked up. Hes putting his tie on. Its just did i miss anything . Did we talk about your birthday, willie. I really wanted to make it to your birthday. I was like uncle billy and i had a string right here. I missed your birthday. You know, i didnt get a lot. What i got myself for my birthday was the second shot of moderna, so im fully vaccinationed, which is the best possible birthday case. It was about 18 hours ago that i got the shot and i feel good today. Good for you. A great example. Everybody needs to get vaccinated. Willies always a great example, except when he isnt. Hes adorable. Willie, weve got some good news. Sal called me. Seems like that odb is opening up. And i mean nobody. A lot of diseases go through that thing even at the best of times. Typhoid fever do you guys know that always the gout going on. When the mayor a
Descriptions and a grim warning, things will likely get worse as the Omicron Variant spreads across the United States. The nation broke records twice this week for the sevenday average of new daily covid19 cases, which remained at an alltime high of 356,000 new daily infections on thursday. Meanwhile, the faa says Staffing Shortages caused by covid19 infections could lead to even more flight cancellations. More than 11,000 flights have been scrapped since christmas eve, including more than 1,000 today and tomorrow. But none of those are the result of faa issues. Now with millions prepared to return to work and school, there are concerns the number of new infections will rise even further. Cnns Polo Sandoval reports. Reporter the u. S. Is shattering records this week with an average of about 356,000 covid infections reported every day in the past week, according to Johns Hopkins university. As the world rang in the new year, the latest surge is sweeping across the u. S. , pushing cases
Highest of the entire pandemic. And many experts warn it will only get worse. In only one state, maine, cases are down. In iowa, well, its holding steady. But the vast majority of the country seen in dark red on this map is struggling with a surge of 50 or more in new infections. Hospitalizations and deaths are lower than their 2021 peaks, but the avalanche of new cases has the cdc predicting that more than 44,000 people could die of covid19 in the next four weeks. Lets start with Polo Sandoval on the big picture. Reporter the u. S. Is shattering records this week with ab average of about 356,000 covid infections reported every day in the past week, according to Johns Hopkins university. As the world rang in the new year, the latest surge is sweeping across the u. S. , pushing cases and hospitalizations to unprecedented levels. Experts warning a Turning Point could be weeks away. Given the size of our country and the diversity of vaccination versus nonvaccination, it likely will be mor
What they can to be thankful for. We stayed up all night long just hugging each other, just glad that we have each other and we have our kids. Plus, democrats and former President Trump planning Duelling Events as next week marks one year since the capitol hill insurrection. Were talking live to the man who was in charge of the reviewing the Security Failures on that day, about what the future could hold. Good morning, everybody, Happy New Year, it is saturday, january 1st, 2022. Im lindsey reiser. Heres a live look right now at times square. Hard to believe just a few hours ago 15,000 people were there, reveling and ringing in that new year, watching that ball drop, crews had this place cleaned up, you can see its looking pretty pristine there with wet roads as the rain is falling. Weve got a team of reporters and analysting following the latest for us this morning from colorado to london. Were going to begin with the start of a brand new year, and how the Omicron Variant changed sell
Of the delta variant. The british study also showed that vaccines can work well against omicron, reducing the need for hospital treatment. Wildfires rip through parts of colorado in the United States Destroying Hundreds of homes and forcing Tens Of Thousands to evacuate the area. Mourners in south africa have been paying their respects to the late Archbishop Desmond tutu. Hello and welcome. Before we move to todays news lets go to pyongyang and that Firework Display by the taedong river. This is in the citys central square. North korea has yet to officially report any confirmed covid 19 cases, though analysts have questioned whether that is possible. Two years of near total isolation have had a severe impact on the countrys economy but as always, they are putting up an impressive show for the new year. Not that we are showing that you right now. We are looking at pictures of the kim family. We can see the size of the crowd that has gathered, though. There was a Firework Display near th